The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-06-04
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Editor Lake Charles Echo;
] wonld like to see copy of your
paper, and if 1 like it will subscribe
for it /; expect to go south to live this
fall, and am thinking of going to Lake
Charles If ] 60 there there will be
several farmers from Iowa that will go
along with me, and ! would like to
see the local paper to get all the infor-
nation I can about the business Of
yonr part of the county before 60 to
look at it. J, s. BRADEN.
The above is a sample of the letters
we receive daily from almost all sec
tions of the North, East and West,
asking for information and copies of
the Echo. From these numerous in
quiries we infer that the population of
this parish viii in the near future be
swelled by healthy influx of immi-
grants from the cold regions Of the
North, as there is no doubt now but
the tide of immigration has at last set
towards the fertile prairie lands of
Southwest Louisiana. 4.
Tn years past, influenced by glowing
descriptions of land agents and by the
efforts of the railroad companies inter
ested, the immigrant was driven to the
| uninhabited lands Of the West. They
went there with the hope of getting
cheap lands, but when they reached
their destination they paid more for
raw land then than they would now
have to pay for improved and enlti-
waited farms IN Calcssleu parish, To-
Gated convenient to good market
and with all the advantages of civil
cation and good society.
u It seems strange that such has been
tho case, but il is due to the fact that
it has been only during the past few
years that the advantages of Southwest
Louisiana were advertised TO the world
and properly set before home.seekersir
the West. Few sections of the greai
West can surpass in fertility of soil
equability Of climate and certainty o.
; crops the prairie regions of Calcasier
parish. Some particular crop may fal
short occasionally, but invariably th,
character Of the season is snch tina
The loss is compensated for by an in
creased production Of something else
Such O thing as . disastrous dEoutl
has never been known here. Every
thing indigenous to this latitude grow
in the utmost profusion, and requires
only ordinary cultivation. "A persona
inspection of the soil and an inVestlga
ton as to products and prices Of farm
in Galcasieu parish would well repay
anyone contemplating seeking home
1 In order to bear us ont in what We
claim for Southwest Louisiana in gen,
oral, and Oalcasieu parish in particular
we excerpt the following from letter
written to the Manchester Towa) Dem.
Ocrat, in defense Of this section, BY
Prof.. s. A. Knapp, formerly principal
of the Iowa State Agricultural College,
but for the past three years 3 resident
Of Lake Charles, which no doubt will
correct and have the effect 70 refats
any unfagoraBle criticisms that have
been made about orr climate, soil
hnAlih, etc
he influence 81 the gulf currents
npan ilsiH eeaat Is 100 we'll known u,
Ne gaingayed ~ any che, Yhen II
3 atatea 1hat this y nailhnf 4 hot nor
q eol6 ruHuiry tlie words aFe usea nit
4, tull understanding ef lhelz iin6nf
IhGeoid weashas l8hi u inter contisAua
1s days hus i was not cold enenf
"a ireaze heats, latsnce, onions, a.
n bage 81 tnfnips. These grew ali Vi
70 a1s ID the open @REdan. StFaWheFsi
\, commenced 10 Fipen The FIRST of Mar
and will bear abnadantlg till 1uiy y
4 hayo had blaekberrias, rasPllerrii
2 plnms, and mulbeFries IN abundsns
n sinca april 80, p May We ha
Il noted fhe temperature Al J g. IN o.
y lay lhe snsesl was &c laaa and 4
highest was q dega.i showing g ganI
< ai "A daee one asy fhis spring q
y tsanasn5lgf 'ndseaiad 80 deEa. q 2
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